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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
NAFED e- Kisan Mandis
NAFED e-Kisan mandis  is electronic trading platform with physical infra-structure at each proposed location in partnership with local Farmer Producer Organisations  to be integrated with a National Level Digital Marketing Platform. The mandi has both physical and virtual infrastructure and it is based on spoke & hub model. The physical infra-structure will include digital platform with auctioning facility, pack-house , warehouse and cold storages if required. FPOs will get funding support through Agriculture Infra-structure Fund  and subsidies available under various Central and State Government schemes. The mandis are made at farm gate brining buyers to farmers.
Locations of NeKMs in which NAFED has entered into agreement with FPOs:
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SL No.
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Place of Mandi
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State
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1
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Vashi
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Maharashtra
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2
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Kachrod
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Madhya Pradesh
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3
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Morbi
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Gujarat
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4
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Dholbare
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Maharashtra
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5
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Gultekdi
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Maharashtra
NAFED shall take up more mandis based on performance/success of above mentioned mandis.
Till date, the government of India has paid Rs 1,15,849.05 crore through Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Tea Board India in Promotional Activities through Virtual Medium to Upheld Indian Tea in Domestic & International Markets
Kolkata, August 27, 2020
Tea Board India, a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry, initiated a slew of promotional activities through the virtual medium of webinars, virtual B2B meets, video conferences etc. in order to facilitate the tea business, both in the domestic sphere and the export sector, keeping in mind the current scenario in the wake of the global pandemic.
A Virtual B2B meet of Indian Tea Exporters with importers and other stakeholders of Egypt were organized jointly by Embassy of India, Cairo and Tea Board India recently. The underlying principle behind organizing this B2B meet was to develop networking opportunities and to generate the requisite business leads for Indian tea exporters to Egypt. About 60 delegates participated in this meet where various possibilities for increasing Indian tea exports to Egypt were discussed.
On the domestic front also, a virtual B2B meet was organized by Tea Board India few days ago with the overall objective of turning low-tea drinking States of India into promising markets where the potential for consumption of tea is quite high.The webinar attracted wholesalers and retailers from Uttar Pradesh and NCR so that they could engage in hard core business with the sellers from the Northeast.
This domestic B2B meeting was the first in a series to be organized in the four States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha as part of an attempt by Tea Board India to aggressively promote Indian tea in the domestic and international markets.
Further, an Interactive Meeting was also held via video conferencing with the major exporters and Associations on the issue of the “Way Forward for Indian Tea Exports in the Current Situation.” The meeting was chaired by Shri P.K. Sahoo, Deputy Chairman, Tea Board India.
These were the first of the series of virtual meetings organized in the wake of the global pandemic to facilitate tea trade. More such meetings will be organized in the coming months to address the issues related to both domestic, international tea trade and other requirements of the Indian tea industry.
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AYUSH
Meeting of BRICS Experts in Traditional Medicine
The Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India hosted a virtual meeting of the BRICS Experts in Traditional Medicines under India’s Chairship of BRICS 2021 on 25 March 2021. The meeting was attended by Traditional Medicines Experts from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa.
Addressing the experts, Mr. P.K. Pathak, Additional Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, who chaired the meeting, provided an overview of the Traditional Medicine system in India and of the various initiatives of the Ministry of AYUSH including for the mitigation of COVID-19. Eminent experts from Ministry of AYUSH, All India institute of Ayurveda, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences  and the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy  outlined the role and importance of Traditional Medicine in achieving SDG 3  by means of integrating it in the public healthcare system as part of the BRICS Agenda for health under the Economic and Financial pillar of intra-BRICS Cooperation.
India’s BRICS 2021 priorities and deliverables in the field of Traditional Medicine with the aim of enhancing and strengthening BRICS collaboration including an MoU on BRICS Cooperation in Traditional Medicines and a BRICS Forum on Traditional Medicine  were presented and discussed during the meeting. The proposals made by India aim at supporting the BRICS Members in strengthening their national capacities in the area of traditional medicine and implementing a Traditional Medicine Action Plan, with particular emphasis on the safe and effective use of traditional medicine and its appropriate integration into national health care systems. The BRICS MoU and the BRICS Forum on Traditional Medicine  would help foster BRICS cooperation on Traditional Medicine for holistic health care through promotion of BRICS collaboration in policies, approaches, strategies, institutional and regulatory framework of Traditional Medicine and sharing of knowledge among other things.
The BRICS experts expressed their appreciation and extended their cooperation and support for the substantive agenda and work related to Traditional Medicine that are planned by India in 2021, as the Chair of BRICS.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Notification for mandatory Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery & Artefacts across the nation to be issued on 15th January, 2020 giving one year time period for implementation: Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
(The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today announced that Notification for mandatory Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery & Artefacts across the nation to be issued on 15th January, 2020. Addressing media after the announcement, Shri Paswan said that Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery & Artefacts is being made mandatory in India for which a notification will be taken out by the Department of Consumer Affairs and a period of one year will be given for implementation to ensure that new A&H centres will be set up by private entrepreneurs at locations where demand of Gold Jewellery and artefacts arises ;completion of the registration process of jewellers and one year time for retailers of jewellery to clear their existing stocks. The Minister said that hallmarking will benefit the poor people in villages and small towns who are not able to make out the purity of gold they have been buying.
The BIS  Act 2016 has enabling provisions under Section 14 & Section 16 for making hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts mandatory by the Central Government. This will make it compulsory for all the jewellers selling gold jewellery and artefacts to register with BIS and sell only hallmarked Gold jewellery and artefacts. The draft Quality Control Order for mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts has been hosted on WTO website on 10th October 2019 for comments for a period of 60 days.
The BIS Act 2016 has been implemented with effect from 12th October 2017 and BIS Hallmarking Regulations 2018 notified with effect from 14-6-2018. BIS has been running a hallmarking scheme for gold jewellery since April 2000. As on 31st October 2019 there are 877 Assaying and hallmarking centres spread in 234 district locations across the country and so far 26,019 jewellers have taken BIS registration.
Vice President's Secretariat
“Quality, quantity and continuity” are the core principle for success of Jal Jeevan Mission  – Vice President
VP urges media and people’s representatives to work for the success of JJM by creating awareness and ensuring people’s participation
Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar launches Jal Jeevan Survekshan  Toolkit – 2023 and JJS-2023 Dashboard
The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today described “quality, quantity and continuity” as the core principles for the success of Jal Jeevan Mission and called for ensuring a strong and credible accountability mechanism in implementation of this people centric program.
Speaking after launching Jal Jeevan Survekshan  Toolkit – 2023 and JJS-2023 Dashboard at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas today, he hoped that these initiatives by the Ministry of Jal Shakti will prove to be an important medium to ensure transparency and accountability in the scheme.
The toolkit has been developed by the Ministry of Jal Shakti to help the States/ UTs understand the assessment criteria and the overarching purpose of the Survekshan is to incentivize the States/ District functionaries to strive for better performance and improve water service delivery in rural households.
On this occasion, the Vice President appreciated the progress made by Jal Jeevan Mission over the last three years and expressed confidence that every rural household will have tap water connection soon. Terming access to safe drinking water and sanitation as critical to inclusive growth, Shri Dhankhar said that programs like Swachh Bharat Mission and Jal Jeevan Mission are fulfilling the Gandhian dreams of ‘Antyodaya’ i.e. uplift of the last man.
Stressing the need to focus on our Fundamental Duties, Shri Dhankhar asked all public representatives at local, regional and national level to ensure the success of this program through community participation and by providing constructive feedback on the scheme.
The Vice President also urged the media to focus more on such people centric programs by highlighting the achievements of better performing districts, NGOs and officials. “Such recognition will go a long way in motivating all stakeholders,” he added.
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Sunil Kumar Gupta, Secretary to the Vice President, Smt. Vini Mahajan Secretary, DDWS, Shri Vikas Sheel Additional Secretary and Mission Director , DDWS, Shri Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Joint Secretary, Shri Pradeep Singh, Director, Jal Jeevan Mission and others attended the event.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Progress of area coverage under Kharif crops
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 30th June 2023.
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Area: In Lakh Hactare
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Sl.
No.
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Crops
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Area Sown
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Current Year 2023
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Last Year 2022
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1
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Rice
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26.55
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36.05
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2
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Pulses
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18.15
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18.51
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a
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Arhar
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1.11
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5.40
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b
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Urd bean
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1.72
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1.61
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c
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Moongbean
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11.23
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8.73
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d
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Kulthi
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0.09
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0.09
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e
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Other Pulses
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4.00
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2.67
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3
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Shri Anna -cum -Coarse Cereals
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36.23
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22.41
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a
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Jowar
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0.98
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0.94
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b
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Bajra
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25.67
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9.25
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c
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Ragi
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0.88
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0.90
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d
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Small Millets
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0.61
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0.63
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e
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Maize
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8.10
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10.70
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4
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Oilseeds
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21.55
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18.81
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a
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Groundnut
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15.77
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11.74
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b
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Soybean
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4.61
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5.57
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c
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Sunflower
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0.26
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0.76
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d
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Sesamum
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0.80
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0.69
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e
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Niger
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0.00
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0.00
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f
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Castor
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0.07
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0.03
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g
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Other Oilseeds
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0.03
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0.03
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5
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Sugarcane
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54.40
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52.92
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6
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Jute &Mesta
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5.81
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6.59
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7
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Cotton
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40.49
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47.04
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Total
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203.18
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202.33
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Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut, pilot and actor
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met Mr. Thomas Pesquet, a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut and actor, in Paris on 14 July 2023.
Prime Minister shared with Mr. Pesquet India’s progress in the space sector, particularly in promoting startups and encouraging greater private sector participation. Prime Minister invited Mr. Pesquet to visit India to motivate the youth as well as explore space sector collaborations.
Mr Pesquet shared with Prime Minister his experiences as an astronaut, and discussed possible contours of future space programs and technologies.
Ministry of Education
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addresses the 96th annual convocation of Delhi University today
592 doctoral degrees, 86 D.M./M. Ch. Degrees and more than 305 medal/Prizes awarded to the DU students
Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’graced and addressed the 96th annual convocation of Delhi University in New Delhi today. On this occasion Prof. D. P. Singh, Chairman, University Grants Commission & Prof. Yogesh Kumar Tyagi, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi were also present.
About 3.0 Lakhs in absentia and 592 doctoral degrees, 86 D.M./M. Ch. Degrees in person along with more than 305 medal/Prizes were awarded to the students of the University in this Annual Convocation. Degrees for two academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19 were awarded in the Convocation.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” lauded the outstanding performance of the students and efforts of all involved in taking this institution to high levels of eminence. Minister encouraged the students to be honest, fearless and bold towards achieving their goals. He enthused the students with new level of energy, fresh enthusiasm and novel direction. Shri Nishank also congratulated the University for its achievements and wished many more laurels in soon to arrive 100th year of its establishment in 2022.
Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi Prof. Yogesh Kumar Tyagi congratulated all the awardees and said that ever since its establishment in 1922, the University of Delhi has been demonstrating consistent progress. It began with about 750 students. Today, it has almost 7 lakh students. The Delhi University alumni family is not only huge but also prodigious and awe-inspiring. Both the Prime Minister of India and the Chief Justice of India are distinguished alumni of our University. In the fitness of things therefore Delhi University holds the twenty-first position in World QS Rankings in respect to the criterion of the alumni strength with a score of 96.6 per cent. We are proud of our family and we wish them all the best!
Prof. D. P. Singh, chairman UGC, enlighted the audience about the values of education and its advantages that allow for all-round development of the society. Two of the University’s eminent Alumni, Prof. Mahesh Verma  and Shree Rajat Sharma  were felicitated by Shri Nishank and the Vice chancellor.
Ministry of Power
New Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur took Oath as Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Ministry of Power, here today. Prior to this, Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur was Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
Technical Members Shri I.J. Kapoor, Shri B.N. Talukdar, Judicial Member Justice N.K. Patil and Technical Member Shri S.D. Dubey were present on the occasion. Tribunal Bar Association President Shri M.G. Ramachandran assured the Bench for full cooperation of the Bar Members in day to day business.
A large number of advocates and other eminent guests were also present at the function.
Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur was born on 5th December, 1955 in Karnataka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allum Sunmangalamma Women's College, Bellary, and went on to earn her law degree from Renukacharya Law College, Bangalore. In 1977, the Supreme Court of India sponsored her on a Gender & Law fellowship to England's University of Warwick. In 2013, Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur received an honorary doctorate from Karnataka State Women's University.
She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. Smt. Justice Manjula chellur also served as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4th December, 2017.
Prime Minister's Office
The principle of ‘Reform, Perform and Transform is powering many gains in Ease of Doing Business: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that the principle of ‘Reform, Perform and Transform is powering many gains in Ease of Doing Business. Shri Modi said that these gains are providing benefits particularly the youth of India and giving wings to their aspirations of becoming wealth creators.
In response to a thread tweet by MyGov, the Prime Minister tweeted;
"Powered by the principle of ‘Reform, Perform and Transform’, there have been many gains in ‘Ease of Doing Business.’ These gains particularly benefit the youth of India and give wings to their aspirations of becoming wealth creators. #8YearsOfEODB
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Uzbekistan for promoting Bilateral cooperation in the area of e-Governance
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval approved the Memorandum of Understanding  for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of e-Governance.
The Agreement intends to promote close cooperation in the areas of e-Governance, IT education, Implementation and roll out of generic configurable e-Governance products / devices in various sectors, development of Data Centers etc.
Background:
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has been mandated to promote International Cooperation in the emerging and frontier areas of Information Communications Technology under bilateral and regional framework, has entered into Agreements/Agreements with agencies of various countries to promote exchange of information in the identified areas.
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National Financial Reporting Authority
NFRA draws conclusion on comments received on consultation paper on enhanced engagement with stakeholders
National Financial Reporting Authority  was established by the Central Government in October 2018 with the fundamental objective of driving systemic change in the Indian Financial Reporting System for Public Interest Entities s.
NFRA has identified engagement with various categories of stakeholders as central in its strategy to deliver on its public interest mandate. Accordingly, NFRA had asked its Technical Advisory Committee  to examine the issues involved and recommend steps to be taken. The TAC submitted its report at the end of March 2021. NFRA examined the TAC’s Report and its recommendations and put out a Consultation Paper in June 2021 seeking public views/suggestions on the proposed steps NFRA was planned to take in this regard. The last date for submission of comments was 30 July 2021.
NFRA has received 17 comment letters from Stakeholders, which includes important Industry Bodies, Large Accounting Firms and Research/Academia among others. Overall, stakeholders have expressed support for NFRA’s proposals to proactively promote stakeholder engagement. NFRA has analysed all the public comments and has arrived at its conclusions on the way forward in respect of the issues posed in the Consultation Paper. NFRA’s conclusions along with the comments received are posted on its website at:
https://nfra.gov.in/consultation_papers.
NFRA acknowledges the valuable suggestions/views of all its key stakeholders.
Ministry of Defence
Indo-US delegation meeting on Defence Cooperation
As part of Indo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative  meeting was held between India and the US delegation here today. The meeting was co-chaired by, Secretary , Dr Ajay Kumar and Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment, DoD, US Government Ms Ellen M Lord. The meetings are held twice a year, alternately in India and the USA with the aim to bring sustained leadership focus to the bilateral defence trade relationship and create opportunities for co-production and co-development of defence equipment.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Ajay Kumar brought out that Indian government has taken a number of steps to give an impetus to Indian defence industry and its flagship ‘Make in India’ initiative. He said, given the large defence outlay planned for India’s defence requirements in the future, the contribution of our defence industry, in partnership with foreign OEMs to begin with, is expected to be significant. This would also contribute to overall growth of the economy and will also have several opportunity benefits and downstream effects.
Ms Ellen Lord brought out that India-US defence cooperation is one of the core pillars of the defence relationship between the two countries and is continuing apace. She said the US has designated India as a ‘Major Defence Partner’ and expected the defence relationship between the two countries to be further strengthened. She also stated that DTTI is an important forum leading to the 2+2 dialogue between the two countries.
A number of Joint Working Groups have been established under DTTI to progress mutually agreed projects for the benefit of the Armed Forces. Discussions on the formulation of a Standard Operating Procedure and the Industrial Security Annex to take forward projects under DTTI are proceeding as planned.
The joint working group under the Air Force handling the surveillance platform has made considerable progress. The Indian Navy joint working group is constructively engaged with US Navy for aircraft carrier technology cooperation for the ongoing program. On the land systems front and on projects under the DRDO, both sides have identified projects where scope of co-production/co-development of systems exists.
The DTTI meeting has great significance for defence cooperation in trade and technology.
SRR/NAo/Nampi/Rajib
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